Hi,
So I have spent a bit of time looking around this forum and its very helpful! However every case is different so I thought I would ask for some help...
Our case is pretty unique in that I am British and came to the US on a B1 visa for 11 (September 2011 - July 2012) months to do voluntary work in a church and also attend a school that they are running. Voluntary means that I can't earn any money whilst I'm here and I have been living on support that I raised before I came and any money that my parents have been able to help me with. Whilst here I met my now Fiancee and we want to go back to the UK to marry and live. She is a US citizen but was born in Russia and her parents immigrated here when she was 2 in 1990. It was something to do with the fall of communism and her parents were given the chance to leave but she has no birth certificate etc just a citizenship certificate from several years ago.
As I have been living in the US for 9 months I have hardly an money and I'm 22 so I was living with my parents in England. My parents have agreed to house her and cover any costs for the duration of the visa.
We think we have nearly everything that we need for the application but I thought I would double check on here and ask for advice because its an expensive mistake to get wrong!!
So far we have the following:
- Her passport + photos
- Photocopy of my passport + copy of visa page
- Her bank statements for duration of relationship (original)
- My bank statements (since July of 2011 to show that I earned money, lived within my means etc) printed from the online banking website
- Her citizenship certificate
- 3 letters from my parents in UK:
- One stating that they will house and financially support my Fiancee for the duration of the visa
- One stating that I will be able to live there also until we get married
- I was employed full-time by my dad before I came out here so I have another letter from him as the company director stating that I am still employed by him. It also shows how much I earn a year.
- We have a church provisionally booked in England for the 3rd of November and a letter from the pastor of my church there stating that it is booked and that he is going to marry us. It also says that we are going to be living together in the area once married.
-We also have a letter from the pastor of the church here in America that we both attend that has a brief outline of our relationship as he has seen it and is also a statement of our intent and integrity... He is the same person that wrote the letter for my visa that brought me to the US.
- We have a utility bill from my parents that shows they live where they say they do.
- Pictures clearly from different times in relationship. Different clothes, hair color, places, weather etc...
- Her payslips from work
- A letter from her boss with employment history and recommendations for future work. Things like that.
All documents are going to be photocopied as well. We have all of her original documents but at the moment the documents from England are printed out. The originals are on the way in the post if we need them. I am writing a cover letter that will explain what I am doing and why I have no money now but will when I get home in July and exactly how we met etc.
Questions:
- Do we need anything else?
- Can you see any problems with her previous immigration that she had no control over?
- Does the fact that I have no money seem like it will be a problem if my parents will support her?
- Do we need extra information about my parents?
- Any other advice/comments?
Thanks!
So I have spent a bit of time looking around this forum and its very helpful! However every case is different so I thought I would ask for some help...
Our case is pretty unique in that I am British and came to the US on a B1 visa for 11 (September 2011 - July 2012) months to do voluntary work in a church and also attend a school that they are running. Voluntary means that I can't earn any money whilst I'm here and I have been living on support that I raised before I came and any money that my parents have been able to help me with. Whilst here I met my now Fiancee and we want to go back to the UK to marry and live. She is a US citizen but was born in Russia and her parents immigrated here when she was 2 in 1990. It was something to do with the fall of communism and her parents were given the chance to leave but she has no birth certificate etc just a citizenship certificate from several years ago.
As I have been living in the US for 9 months I have hardly an money and I'm 22 so I was living with my parents in England. My parents have agreed to house her and cover any costs for the duration of the visa.
We think we have nearly everything that we need for the application but I thought I would double check on here and ask for advice because its an expensive mistake to get wrong!!
So far we have the following:
- Her passport + photos
- Photocopy of my passport + copy of visa page
- Her bank statements for duration of relationship (original)
- My bank statements (since July of 2011 to show that I earned money, lived within my means etc) printed from the online banking website
- Her citizenship certificate
- 3 letters from my parents in UK:
- One stating that they will house and financially support my Fiancee for the duration of the visa
- One stating that I will be able to live there also until we get married
- I was employed full-time by my dad before I came out here so I have another letter from him as the company director stating that I am still employed by him. It also shows how much I earn a year.
- We have a church provisionally booked in England for the 3rd of November and a letter from the pastor of my church there stating that it is booked and that he is going to marry us. It also says that we are going to be living together in the area once married.
-We also have a letter from the pastor of the church here in America that we both attend that has a brief outline of our relationship as he has seen it and is also a statement of our intent and integrity... He is the same person that wrote the letter for my visa that brought me to the US.
- We have a utility bill from my parents that shows they live where they say they do.
- Pictures clearly from different times in relationship. Different clothes, hair color, places, weather etc...
- Her payslips from work
- A letter from her boss with employment history and recommendations for future work. Things like that.
All documents are going to be photocopied as well. We have all of her original documents but at the moment the documents from England are printed out. The originals are on the way in the post if we need them. I am writing a cover letter that will explain what I am doing and why I have no money now but will when I get home in July and exactly how we met etc.
Questions:
- Do we need anything else?
- Can you see any problems with her previous immigration that she had no control over?
- Does the fact that I have no money seem like it will be a problem if my parents will support her?
- Do we need extra information about my parents?
- Any other advice/comments?
Thanks!